Ooh, today is going to be fun. We’re prepping to share our black and gold-meets-blush table top with our friends at Ravishing Radish catering for a lovely and festive open house tonight {we’ll be sharing Instagram shots} and visiting with friends over bubbly. ‘Tis the season. We hope you’ve been enjoying our festive holiday posts […]

This mocktail {or cocktail, if you feel so inclined} is like the holidays in a glass. Thanksgiving and Christmas {and everything delightfully whimsical in between} make us so happy and bring back the best memories of a cozy season spent with family and friends celebrating what we’re grateful for. And yes, we can’t get enough […]

Remember a while back {okay, many times} when we told you we love to create and tinker? Today’s little DIY post is a shining example of taking something rather ordinary and whipping it into something cute and glittery. The other day were were hitting up craft stored looking for the perfect little trees for the […]

Happy Tuesday! Have you recovered from the Thanksgiving hooplah? We’re getting there! Though we’re now knee-deep in Christmas boxes and projects and client work we look forward to slowing down with a big mug of tea and enjoying the season with some of our favorite magazines. It’s the season for festive attire and glittering baubles, […]

World Market is brimming with goodness during all seasons, but there’s something so magical about heading there to pick out goodies and to get inspired to create during the holidays. For the upcoming movie Life of Pi, we were invited to create a recipe using some Indian-inspired ingredients, so we headed to World Market and […]

The season for creating is upon us! Over the Thanksgiving holiday we so enjoyed being home with family and creating to our hearts’ content; recipes, projects, cocktails, and so many delightful little things. Excitement has set in that our favorite season is here. We’ll be sharing our creating all month starting with today’s glittering Sugared […]

As we wind down our client work so we can truly shut off and enjoy our family and tomorrow’s festivities, we want to thank you, our beloved readers and friends, for being so truly, utterly wonderful. We appreciate you stopping by and reading and sharing our projects and your feedback. It makes our day to […]

Whenever Aleah spends time with her Grandma the creative ideas swirl. Grandma Lonnie was a florist and has a knack for turning the ordinary into something truly lovely. So last week we went to town making up a whole slew of holiday projects. One of our favorites is the DIY Paper White Terrarium and today’s […]

Earlier this week we shared our Thanksgiving Al Fresco post over on the delightful site Celebrations at Home {we love to contribute!} along with some of our Thanksgiving entertaining tips. The table is the core of most holiday dinners as it’s where your guests will sit for hours, laugh, enjoy delicious food and drink and the company of […]

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Est. 2003, at Valley & Co. we throw utterly fantastic fêtes for a living. Valley & Co. Lifestyle is an extension our passion. Here we share our pro party planner tips, entertaining ideas, recipes, and tips on how we balance family life with running a small business. We love a good party, delicious cheese, effortless entertaining, and celebrating all of life’s special moments. Read More…